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This year’s Australian Year of the Farmer is a celebration of the fundamental role farmers play in feeding, clothing and providing building materials to house us all. From small farms handed down over generations, to our largest agribusinesses, farmi...

On 5 December ABIF Directors Don Lawson OAM and Michael Pointer presented an ABIF submission to the Victorian Parliament Education and Training Committee’s inquiry into Agricultural Education and Training in Victoria. The all-party parliamentary c...

The BackTrack Youthworks program, renowned for turning around the lives of wayward teenagers in Armidale NSW, has received a much-needed injection of funds from the Thyne Reid Foundation. The funds will be used specifically to reach greater numbers ...

Six young beef industry ‘Rising Champions’ from across Australia will travel to Longreach, Queensland, where they will present an opportunity or a challenge facing the Australian beef industry to Cattle Council of Australia at their Meeting on 15 N...

Crookwell beef producer, Alison McIntosh, has undergone a steep learning curve over the past year as the inaugural NAB Agribusiness Beef Industry Rising Champion. When the 2011 winner hands over her crown to the next Rising Champion at Meat and Live...

Laura Cutajar, Alison McIntosh, Renata Paliskis, Nick Sher and Ben Stockwin were recently appointed to the ABIF board. These additional directors bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the ABIF board and will enhance its ability to deliver o...

Joanna Mather’s article "Agriculture's future workforce wanes" in the Australian Financial Review on 10 October 2011 accurately identified the time bomb awaiting ignition in Australian agriculture with the drought in the number of students studying a...

It's the final of the Victorian Young Farmers Challenge at the 2011 Royal Melbourne Show and things are not going as they want for one team....However, all is far from lost as Minister for Agriculture, Peter Walsh earlier announced that the Victorian Y...

ABIF directors John Gunthorpe and Michael Pointer recently assisted MLA with the organisation of a visit to Australia for a group of 17 and 18 year-old agricultural students from Japan. The students were from earthquake and tsunami affected prefectu...

When Terry Nolan of Nolans Meats, Gympie bid $4.60/kg for the Australian Beef Industry Foundation (ABIF) Charity Steer at the recent EKKA in Brisbane for the Brekky Creek Hotel, they weren’t just getting the finest steak; they were also helping t...

THE world is in a tough spot. Food and water supplies are running out, population is growing and the climate is getting warmer. Respected science journalist and author of The Coming Famine, Julian Cribb, believes all these issues will lead to the...

Member for Rodney Paul Weller has been elected Chair of the Rural and Regional Parliamentary Committee of Victoria. The election took place in Melbourne yesterday afternoon at the committee’s first meeting. The Rural and Regional Committee ...